Pollution of River Mahaweli and farmlands under irrigation by cadmium from agricultural inputs leading to a chronic renal failure epidemic among farmers in NCP, Sri Lanka

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 439-453

  Bandara, J M R S ^a   Wijewardena, H V P ^a   Bandara, Y M A Y ^a   Jayasooriya, R G P T ^a   Rajapaksha, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cadmium from fertilizer; Cadmium in tributaries; Cadmium loading; Cadmium mobility; Chronic renal failure; Phosphate fertilizer

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; FERTILIZER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CADMIUM; CROPPING PRACTICE; FERTILIZER; HEALTH RISK; IRRIGATION; MOBILITY; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PHOSPHATE; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; TRIBUTARY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); METABOLISM; RIVER; SRI LANKA; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; RIVERS; SRI LANKA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MAHAWELI RIVER; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84858320130     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-010-9344-4     Document Type: Article

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